i want something rare , can anyone help

i want a fish many people dont have in there tanks , it needs to be a community fish , nothing that hides all the time , and nothing small like a wrasse or blenny ... my price would be no more than 400 bucks on 1 fish !
 
I've never seen one of these:

http://www.coralreeffarm.com/store.php?product=lyretail_hogfish
 
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+38+1743&pcatid=1743&cmpid=13csegb&ref=6092&subref=AA&CAWELAID=560506522
this is pretty cool too
 
yeah, im in the same boat as you.. im also looking for something of a "showfish" that is reef friendly.. i considered a chevron tang, but from coming from someone that doesnt know much about reefs/fish/aquariums, like my wife, she.ll think it was just another ordinary fish.. so now i dont know
 
@etphi wrote:
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+38+1743&pcatid=1743&cmpid=13csegb&ref=6092&subref=AA&CAWELAID=560506522 this is pretty cool too said:
Mccullochi Dottybacks are beautiful, but they are also very cryptic and thus not often out in the open for aquarist to enjoy. They also like to dig out several hit-n-run shelters under liverock.

We've had a pair in the large filterless display for over a couple years and I'll bet that 99% of our customers still have no clue they're even in there.

This specie of dottyback is also one of the best crab/ shrimp killers, known to stalk larger crabs for weeks to months waiting for them to molt before closing in on the kill. Because of such, we can't seem to keep emerald crabs or peppermint shrimps around for long in our display. :(

Still a very pretty reef aquarium fish to admire on the occasions where you may be lucky enough to catch a glimpse of them.
 
What's wrong with a smaller fish?

yellow assessor (not one from ORA, they're a bit duller)
lineatus wrasse
golden rhomboidalis wrasse
marginalis butterfly (depending on what types of coral you keep)

I wouldn't do a chevron or achilles tang unless you consider yourself quite an experienced reefer, have a good deal of experience with other tangs, and have a QT tank. The chances of them getting ichy and taking out all of your other fishes are too great IMO.
 
Those are some awesome fish but to the average person those fish are just normal fish nothing that they would go "WOW" about! I have a 150gallon
 
Well, I kinda started looking around when i saw this thread, here are some I found that I liked LOL.
Don't know what other fish or corals you have in your tank, that would be helpful info.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1536+2981&pcatid=2981 Blotched Anthias (Holanthias borbonius)
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1536+2994&pcatid=2994 Spotted Bristletooth Tang (Ctenochaetus truncatus)
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1926+329&pcatid=329 Carpenter's Flasher Wrasse (Paracheilinus carpenteri) (3 or more females & a male is good with these)
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+1926+205&pcatid=205 Scissortail Dartfish (Ptereleotris evides) I saw some of these at a store and they were way prettier than this pic.
http://www.liveaquaria.com/product/prod_display.cfm?c=15+21+1422&pcatid=1422 Gold Assessor Basslet (Assessor flavissimus)
 
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